Jet Boats, Noise and Enforcement

I am beyond fortunate to have a lakeside cabin which my grandpa built in '48-'53. It's still in the family and I spent my entire childhood summers at the lake ('86-'03). My parents, retired, spend 5 months each year there and my fiance and I just returned from one week vacation. This has been the clearest August (o smoke!) I can remember and I'm very happy you pre-warmed the lake for us :)

Like many below, I too share the concern that the stereos in boats are getting a little out of hand. Our cabin is mid-lake, and we see a few of these boats each day, I shudder to think how noisy the south end is becoming. I believe the operators of the boats are not aware that sound travels almost perfectly over water - and with the monstrous engines inside those wakesurf boats, the stereo must be turned up to be heard.

The wakesurf boats also present an environmental impact with their monstrous wakes. I love tubing behind our bowrider and the wakes are awesome for some jumps, but I swear our dock is starting to come apart with the size of wakes that slam into it on an hourly basis. And the wave impacts will damage the shoreline/remove sand from beaches.

My proposition: Ban Jet-powered boats over 19 feet in length. This encompasses the wakeboats and the large stereos.

This leads to the enforcement question: We, I feel, are under-enforced on the lake. I saw many boats with way too many people and even witnessed a man-over-board followed by a lot of drunk yelling. So no matter what bylaw changes that may come about of this process should be enforced. One more active police boat during summer weekends. The length/motor ban I propose can be enforced during launch.

I love the lake and rarely do I feel that relaxed. But there have been some alarming trends of late.

Thank you for reading!
Andrew